Who says Wolf 6.5 isn't worthy? Please tell me why again?
I don't think I'll ever consider pulling another steel bullet.
Not that the Moscow Match idea didn't have merit, but well, why?
Either my Faxon 12.7" barrel is a truly sick stick, or I got lucky.
I had 15 rounds with me, left over in an old mag that I found in between the seats of a car I traded in when I cleaned it out (no comment)...
I could hit cans off the fence at 100 without effort. The final 10 rounds went downrange; for the fun I started at 400, holding a guess of about 6" over the 60IPSC plate's head. Ding. Then, after come trial and error, wound up 6/6 on the 600 holding what I thought was 12" over. I was using my Aimpoint PRO, so there was no magnification to be had; and it was end of the session, so no grouping data. But the steel did ring, so... This little "test" ruined my night by making these 15 rounds of 24 cent ammo the best fun of the entire day.
Take this anecdote for what it's worth, because I can't give any real data. I didn't chrono any of them, and didn't intend to measure anything as far as real performance from the start. This will change. I am hoping to be going this week to my new range where I can reach out further, and will be taking some of this with me. I will also be swapping my LRTSi 4.5-18 onto this little whipper snapper and having some long range group testing fun.
Shooting was unsuppressed and wind was nil. 56 degrees, waning sunlight at my left. Holdover values were purely guestimations, as I had no velocity data, and was just an educated guess from the earlier BLACK and handload shootings.
I was of course alone, so there are no witnesses. Shame, because it made me feel like a hero...
I don't think I'll ever consider pulling another steel bullet.
Not that the Moscow Match idea didn't have merit, but well, why?
Either my Faxon 12.7" barrel is a truly sick stick, or I got lucky.
I had 15 rounds with me, left over in an old mag that I found in between the seats of a car I traded in when I cleaned it out (no comment)...
I could hit cans off the fence at 100 without effort. The final 10 rounds went downrange; for the fun I started at 400, holding a guess of about 6" over the 60IPSC plate's head. Ding. Then, after come trial and error, wound up 6/6 on the 600 holding what I thought was 12" over. I was using my Aimpoint PRO, so there was no magnification to be had; and it was end of the session, so no grouping data. But the steel did ring, so... This little "test" ruined my night by making these 15 rounds of 24 cent ammo the best fun of the entire day.
Take this anecdote for what it's worth, because I can't give any real data. I didn't chrono any of them, and didn't intend to measure anything as far as real performance from the start. This will change. I am hoping to be going this week to my new range where I can reach out further, and will be taking some of this with me. I will also be swapping my LRTSi 4.5-18 onto this little whipper snapper and having some long range group testing fun.
Shooting was unsuppressed and wind was nil. 56 degrees, waning sunlight at my left. Holdover values were purely guestimations, as I had no velocity data, and was just an educated guess from the earlier BLACK and handload shootings.
I was of course alone, so there are no witnesses. Shame, because it made me feel like a hero...
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